Project Report

Presentation Boards

Mock Ups

I am really happy with the mock ups that i have made. I made two possible ranges, one being a beer brand and one range for merchandise to go with a book on theories of nursery rhymes, like stationary etc.

I think the product ranges look really good, i think they work well as a set.

I think i could do with polishing up on my photoshop skills as although i have improved this year, i think if i had better skills, i could make things look a bit more professional.

Final Pieces

I am really happy with my final pieces, i like the simpleness of them but the multi layers of card create detail through colour and shape and not from complex design.

I think these will work well applied to a number of different products.

The only thing i will have to remember in the future is that the planning and drawing of the pieces take a lot of time and cutting and sticking can become quite tiring as it is a long process, but i really enjoyed it, i definitely want to carry on this process into other work.

First Attempt at paper cut

Today i tried to create my first paper cut illustration, which i ended up not finishing as, as you can see, it got ruined as the paper buckled way too much because of the glue i used. Which means i will have to do it all again, but next time im just going to use pritt stick as it doesnt have to hold anything heavy and it wont be too wet. 

I do think i am going to re-think the background and i might make them into spot illustrations coz i think this looks too child like.

Feedback

Today i got some feedback on my compositions for my final pieces which was really helpful, instead of doing the play panflet i was told to have a look into the play itself and create something that was recognizable as from it. I was also told to focus more onto the brand of beer more, for instance keep the beer pump but also add a plaque i could turn into different products for branding. I found this really helpful so i decided to re do some of the drawings.

Development

Ive started drawing some of the elements for my final pieces, i focused more on the faces and shapes i am going to use within my pieces as i am using shapes and doing paper cut for the first time. I actually really like the drawings i have done, theyre quite simple but with the right papers and colours they could be quite effective.

I have also decided on my compositions for my final pieces. Being realistic, I have only decided on 3 2D pieces, 1 for each theory, just because of time and i wanted to give myself something doable for the deadline, accounting other deadlines we have in the meantime.

I feel like if we didnt have the deadlines so close each other i could definitely make something more adventurous, but i am excited to make the three ive decided on anyway as i am doing something i havent done before and i'm excited for the craft element to it.

Group Crit

Today we had a group Crit where i got the chance to talk about my work so far, in the crit unforetunately my tutor suggested to not create the 3D illustration as it will be time consuming and the emphesis should be on how we apply the illustrations to products. He also said that the beer theory behind Jack and Jill could be really interesting for a brand. Although devastated about the 3D illustration part, i came away really happy with the feedback i had and motivated to get cracking on some illustrations.

3D Paper Cut Illustration

After my contextual research my ambition is to create 1 3D paper cut illustration with a few 2D paper cut illustrations. Im not sure how i would actually achieve this, but i have read through processes of how to achieve it and it is usually with wires in a box, ive collected some shoe boxes with hope this is something i can create for my final pieces.

The only thing i am worrying about is the time involved, especially when it will be something i am doing for the first time.

Marie Antoinette

In class today, someone suggested for me to watch the Marie Antoinette film. I ended up watching it so i could have more of a picture of what the times were like back then and the reasonings behind the revolution. As i understand it, the French people didn't have a lot, whilst the King and Queen were throwing money away on ridiculous stuff. This could be quite interesting to use in my final pieces.

Jack & Jill

After all my research into the different theories behind nursery rhymes i am going to focus my research into Jack & Jill for my final pieces as there are more theories behind it than the others.

Nursery Rhyme Research

Theories behind Nursery Rhymes:

• Ring around the Rosy - Dates back to the great plague of London in 1665. The symptoms being A rosy red rash in the shape of a ring on the skin.
• Jack & Jill - Most popular explanation being that its about the beheading of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette in the French Revolution. Also, King Charles decreased the half pint (jack) to a quarter pint (Jill) but kept the tax the same. Lastly, people believe it originated from Shakespeare as it is mentioned in his 'Midsummer Night's Dream'.
• Mary, Mary - Supposed to be about Queen Mary, who was notorious for torturing protestants.
• Baa Baa Black Sheep - Based on King Edward I imposition of taxes on the wool trade in 1272.
• Humpty Dumpty - Based around a cannon called Humpty Dumpty which was placed on a tower at St Mary-at-the-walls in the battle of Colchester in 1648 and the tower was blown up and the cannon could not be brought back up as it was buried in marshland.
• Jack Be Nimble - Based on how hard it was to catch pirates.
• Old Mother Hubbard - Based on Cardinal Wolsey, who failed to faciliate King Henry's divorce to Queen Katherine of Aragon.
• Rock a bye baby - Based on Native Americans who would suspend their children on branches and the wind would sway them to sleep.
• Three Blind Mice - Based on three loyalists who were protestant and plotted against Bloody Mary, they were burned at the stake.
• Georgie Porgie - Based om George Villiers, rumored to be the lover of Anne of Austria and then started dating King Charles I, and through him became very powerful, he was even knighted as 'Gentleman of the bed chamber'. Parliament ended the relationship.
• The Grand Old Duke Of York - Based on Richard, Duke of York who at the Battle of Wakefield marched his army from the top of the hill and then down and then back up, confusing his army which ended in him loosing the battle and his life.
• Jack Sprat - About King Charles I and Henrietta Maria when Charles declared war with Spain, parliament refused to finance the war so his wife imposed an illegal war tax after the king dissolved parliament.